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Gunmen have killed seven Benin soldiers in an attack in Pendjari national park in the north of the country near the border with Burkina Faso, security sources said on Wednesday.

The PHCN was further unbundled into 18 companies, including the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), which took over the transmission sector. TCN's responsibilities include operating the national grid and ensuring efficient power wheeling at high voltage. Despite its transformation, the nostalgic cry of "Up NEPA!" still resonates with Nigerians, reflecting both the challenges and memories associated with the defunct utility.

The Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has banned the activities of Okaigheles (youth leaders) in the Edo South Senatorial District, as part of a renewed effort to tackle cultism in the state.

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Some Nigerian pastors who graduated from Kingdom College Ministry in the Arochukwu Local Government Area of Abia State have accused the General Overseer of the church, Rev. Emmanuel Ukoha of using state security operatives, particularly the police to intimidate and harass them for speaking against irregularities in the ministry.

The candidate of Labour Party in the September 21 governorship election in Edo state, Barrister Olumide Akpata, has declared his support for the Kelly Ogbaloi-led executives in the state. He described Ogbaloi as the authentic state chairman of the party because according to him, there was no legal instrument by…

As preparations accelerate for a multinational force to deploy to Haiti, federal contract opportunities reveal the minutiae of US involvement in the planning.

The Ogun State Police Command is currently looking for a hit-and-run driver suspected of running over pedestrians on the Benin-Sagamu Expressway, killing a 22-year-old-Elizabeth James, a female, and hospitalising another yet-to-be-identified male victim along the Benin-Sagamu Expressway.

The Nigerian economy was partially paralysed on Monday following the nationwide strike embarked upon by the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress.

After enduring years of hardship and suffering from waterborne diseases caused by lack of access to clean water, five Ogun agrarian communities finally found relief as the Federal Government through the Border Communities Development Agency intervened and drilled a borehole for them.